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Squeezebox
Radio
Feature Guide
10/14/2009
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1.
If you have not yet downloaded and installed
Squeezebox Server
, go to
www.mysqueezebox.com
and click on
Download Squeezebox Server
.
2.
To make sure
Squeezebox Server is running:
a.
Windows: Click on the Squeezebox
Server icon in the system tray. Select
Open Control Panel
.
Mac: Go to
System Preferences
and select
Sq
ueezebox Server
.
b.
In the Server Status tab, if the status indicates that the server is
not
running, click
Start Squeezebox Server
.
Do you have Firewall issues?
If your computer is running third
-
party firewall software, it could be causing connection prob
lems for your Squeezebox. If
this might be the case in your environment, try the following:
As a quick way of diagnosing the issue, temporarily
disable your firewall to allow Squeezebox
Radio
to
communicate with your computer
.
If turning off your computer
’s firewall
allows Squeezebox Radio to connect to your
music
,
your firewall is likely
configured to
limit access
to
specific local hosts.
Turn it back on and do the following:
a.
If you are using a third
-
party firewall such as Trend Micro, Norton, McAfee
or OneCare,
please see our
Knowledge Base at
www.mysqueezebox.com
>
Support
. Under
Troubleshooting Help
,
search for
instructions related to
your specific firewall.
b.
If
your firewall is not covered by our Knowledge Base,
go to your firewall software and
add exceptions for
three ports as follows.
Name
Port #
Protocol
Squeezebox Discovery
3483
UDP
Squeezebox Control
3483
TCP
Squeezebox Web
9000
TCP
For information about how to make this change in your firewall software, search the
Internet
for “excep
tions, ports,
<
your firewall application name
>,” or contact
your ISP or your firewall software manufacturer for support.
Consult a network professional if you are unsure of how to configure your network properly.
Supported formats
If the music that you h
ave stored on your computer will not play using Squeezebox Radio:
Make sure your music is not DRM
(digital rights management)
protected. If your music was purchased from the
iTunes Store before 2009, it may contain DRM
encoded files
. If this is the case,
Apple will remove DRM from
tunes for a fee. “iTunes Plus” tracks and iTunes songs purchased in 2009 o
r after are not DRM protected.
Make
sure
Squeezebox Server
is running and
that
you have any firewalls on your system correctly configured to
allow
communic
ation between
your computer and the Squeezebox
.
Check the file format of your music to be sure it’s one of the supported types.
Squeezebox
Radio
can play music that is in
the following formats:
o
MP3
o
FLAC
o
WMA standard
o
WAV
o
AIFF
o
OGG
o
AAC / M4A
o
Apple Lossless
In addition, the following are automatically con
verted into
supported format
s
by a transcoding engine that is built
into
Squeezebox Server
:
WMA Lossless,
Monkey's Audio (.APE).